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Table 3 Organ failure- and infection-related parameters and inflammatory factors of the APD and non-APD groups

From: Outcome benefit of abdominal paracentesis drainage for severe acute pancreatitis patients with serum triglyceride elevation by decreasing serum lipid metabolites

 

APD group

Non-APD group

t or χ 2

P value

 

n = 68

n = 64

value

 

Organ failure

Duration of organ failure, days

21.29 ± 4.57

23.34 ± 5.33

1.993

0.049*

Recurrence rate of organ failure

11 (30.5 %)

16 (43.2 %)

3.410

<0.05*

Mechanical ventilation, N

29

59

36.412

<0.001*

Duration of mechanical ventilation treatment

5.27 ± 2.77

7.91 ± 3.05

3.930

<0.001*

Infection

Incidence of infections

47

46

0.201

0.973

White blood cell count (×109/L)

13.27 ± 3.19

13.25 ± 3.01

0.754

0.518

Procalcitonin > 5 ng/ml

44/68, 64.7 %

39/64, 60.9 %

0.873

0.134

Reversal time of sepsis, days

18.14 ± 2.83

23.76 ± 4.34

2.690

<0.05*

Inflammatory factors

CRP (mg/L)

76.5 ± 22.73

103.5 ± 31.09

34.274

<0.001*

IL-1β (pg/L)

5.33 ± 1.35

9.97 ± 3.84

13.401

<0.001*

IL-10 (pg/L)

58.7 ± 16.32

65.3 ± 14.16

1.782

0.077

TNF-α (pg/L)

10.1 ± 1.07

15.2 ± 2.19

10.954

<0.001*

  1. Abbreviations: APD abdominal paracentesis drainage, PCD percutaneous catheter drainage, CRP C-reaction protein, IL interleukin, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, APD group patients in this group treated with APD, non-APD group patients in this group treated without APD. *Significant difference